Genrich Eiche

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Genrich Hristoforovich Eiche (Russian: Генрих Христофорович Эйхе) (born October 12, 1893, Riga - died June 25, 1968, Jurmala) was a Soviet military commander, revolutionist, and historian.

He fought in the World War I since 1915 and by the end of the war he was a capitain. After the October Revolution, in December 1917 Genrich Eiche joined the Bolsheviks. He headed the 5th Army on the Eastern Front (1918 to 1920) and Genrich Eiche was appointed as a commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Republic Army. He gained his fame by taking Chita in October 1920.

After the war, Genrich Eiche headed the Minsk Military District, then he was responsible for the Fergana Military District. Since 1924 Eiche worked in the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

He was decorated with 2 Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Lenin, and a number of medals. He wrote several monographs on the Russian Civil War in Siberia.